Make: Online : 4-inch flybot streams live video

4-inch flybot streams live video

Delfly Scale
Delfly 2-Up

The Delft University of Technology has shrunk their robotic ornithopter design down to a very impressive 10cm - that's almost 1/3 the size of their previous design.

Specs for the Delfly Micro -

Size: 10 cm, from wingtip to wingtip
Weight: 3.07 gram;
Battery: 1 gram
Camera and transmitter: 0.4 gram;
Engine: 0.45 gram;
Receiver: 0.2 gram;
Actuators: 0.5 gram;
Rest: about 0.52 grams.
Battery: 30 mah lithium polymer, for three minutes fight.
Flap frequency wings: 30 Hz
Materials: Mylar foil (wings), carbon and balsawood.
Range: 50m

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Posted by: justDIY on July 24, 2008 at 8:30 PM

Scary

If this is what's being developed publicly, the "behind closed doors" stuff must really be small!

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Posted by: ii on December 5, 2008 at 9:43 PM

Mr.

what parts have they used?
where to get them?

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